The reason why Zhou Qiong has so many words of advice is not without reason.

According to his words, the crown prince in the court is weak today, although His Majesty Xuanzong has always controlled his brothers and princes very strictly, so there will not be a chaotic situation in which the princes compete for the crown, but the weakness of the prince and the strength of Concubine Wu Hui in the palace are beyond even His Majesty Xuanzong's control.

What's more, Emperor Xuanzong loves Concubine Hui and King Shou, the mother and son, which are also known to the government and the opposition, and His Royal Highness King Shou is gentle and elegant, with a gentle demeanor, and there are many ministers in the court who are very optimistic about him.

Therefore, although on the surface, His Majesty Xuanzong has suppressed the government and the opposition without saying a word, and it seems that the court is very stable, but in fact, those who have knowledge know that it is really difficult to say whether the position of the crown prince can be kept or not.

Even, at that time, Zhou Qiong hesitated for a long time, and finally said a private word from his father-in-law Jiuling Gong before he came to Shuzhou to take office, according to Jiuling Gong, although countless ministers in the court, including himself, are striving to protect the crown prince Li Hong, but looking at Li Hongsu's style and His Majesty Xuanzong's attitude towards him, I am afraid that he will not have long to sit in the position of prince.

But even if the crown prince loses the position of prince, will it definitely fall to King Shou?

Not necessarily.

You must know that today is from the intricate palace political struggles of the past, and I am afraid that no one in the world knows how to control these things better than him. Coupled with his jealousy of Concubine Wu Hui's birth in the Wu family, it is another mystery whether Li Qing, the gentle and elegant Shouwang who does not have the appearance of a king, can sit on the position of the prince.

And to tell the truth, His Majesty Xuanzong has always been very thoughtful in this kind of major matter of abolition, and the cadres are very arbitrary, no matter how humbly he usually accepts advice, but in this kind of thing, no one can listen to anyone's words.

Otherwise, he would not be the Emperor Xuanzong.

The abolition of the prince is out of his single-minded change, the words of the family, and as a courtier, if he is bold and reckless in his heart, he may be able to draw such a conclusion: for him, the abolition of the prince is not only for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, but the first point to consider is to ensure that the prince does not threaten his position.

So, even if the crown prince Li Hong goes down, who will go up?

It's hard to say.

As a minister, it is naturally not easy to get involved in such royal internal affairs, because if you are right, it is good, if you are wrong, then you will smash your future into it.

Therefore, among the two kinds of people that Zhou Qiong reminded very solemnly, the first ones are the princes in the court.

For them, ordinary interactions are not impossible, but they must be measured, not provoked, and not too close, so as not to be inseparable in the future.

As for the second type, it is the princess who can neither be provoked nor offended.

As we all know, since the Taizong Dynasty, all the way to the Gaozong, Zhongzong, Ruizong and other dynasties, the princesses of the Tang Dynasty are really restless.

The seventeenth daughter of Emperor Taizong, Princess Gaoyang, was married to the second son of Fang Xuanling, who was famous at that time. In the end, Fang Yiai even lived in the Taifu Qing, scattered cavalry, and was named the general of the right guard, and the grandeur of his grace can be imagined, but later, the two of them were hunted and killed by Emperor Gaozong because of rebellion, and several of their children were also exiled to Lingbiao.

And with them, there were also the fifteenth daughter of the ancestor Princess Danyang, her husband was Xue Wanche, and the seventh daughter of Taizong, Princess Baling, and her husband was one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, the son of Huo Guogong Chai Shao. In the end, they were all put to death.

As for Gaozong's daughters, it is needless to say that Princess Taiping, she has been powerful for decades, and she has participated in no less than a dozen palace coups alone, and has successively put her elder brothers Zhongzong and Ruizong on the throne, only in the end, in the later years of her life, she was defeated by His Majesty Xuanzong.

As for Zhongzong's daughter, Princess Anle, it was even more amazing, first asked her father to make herself the crown princess, that is, the female prince, and later joined her mother Empress Wei to offer poison cakes to Emperor Zhongzong and poisoned her father with her own hands.

And she then launched a palace coup with Empress Wei, holding the then Xiangwang and later Emperor Ruizong Li Dan and Princess Taiping hostage, in an attempt to establish Empress Wei as the empress and herself as the empress. Unexpectedly, in this palace coup, in the end, it was His Majesty Xuanzong Li Longji, who was the king of Linzi at the time, who was superior in skills, and finally killed Empress Wei and his henchmen, and set up his father, Li Dan, as the emperor, and Princess Anle finally died in this political whirlpool.

You must know that Emperor Xuanzong has grown up in this political environment since he was a child, and he has witnessed his arrogant women, including Emperor Zetian, Empress Wei, Princess Taiping, Princess Anle, etc., so he not only keeps an eye on his brothers and sons, but also keeps an eye on the position of the queen, and he has always been very strict with his daughters. It can be said that it was from his succession to the throne that the political conventions of the Tang Dynasty, where queens and princesses frequently participated in politics, were changed.

Moreover, as the so-called is not upright, there is no way to be presumptuous, when it comes to him, the princesses don't talk about politics, even the closed households are only 500 households, to be honest, the princesses don't dare to be extravagant, compared to the princesses of the previous dynasties, the princesses of today are even a little poor.

And His Majesty Xuanzong has another rule here, once the princess is still in place, then no matter how much ability this person has, he can basically be sure that he will be sentenced to death in terms of political future, but it is just to give you a good and good leisure job to put you up, and it is absolutely impossible to hold some real power in your hands and exert some political ambitions.

With these backgrounds as a foreshadowing, in Zhou Qiong's opinion, for aspiring men, the princesses of the Tang Dynasty are really smelly, not to mention provoking, the farther away the better. Because as long as you get it, it's hard to shake it off.

And in his heart, Li Xi, the eldest disciple of his seat, wants to be talented and talented, this kind of man is simply a natural killer of women, and there are almost no women who can bypass the past, it is almost predictable, Li Xi will inevitably provoke a lot of romance when he arrives in Chang'an, that is, to charm a few princesses and the like, it is also taken for granted.

Therefore, for Li Xi's plan, in order not to set up obstacles to his future career, Zhou Qiong naturally had to tell him thousands of instructions, and the second kind that must not be provoked after arriving in Chang'an is the princesses to be married in the court.

Of course, in his opinion, for a guy like Li Xi who prefers "mature women", even the princesses who have married people in the court are better to hide far away. It's just that everyone is a master and apprentice, and it's not easy to open his mouth after all, so he had to hold this word in his heart, and he didn't say it in the end.

Zhou Qiong's words, of course, Li Xi listened very carefully at that time, but after being entangled in everything, and then he simply calmed down and came to study in Guozi School, so he gradually forgot about it, until this time, after listening to Yang Xun's words, he suddenly remembered the woman surnamed Li, and these words suddenly returned to his heart.

He turned his head to look at Yang Wei and asked, "Avoid?" How to avoid it? ”

Yang Xun was so anxious that he even said, "Brother Zi, you just need to walk away from the side door, I know that girl, she has been raised since she was a child, but she can't stand the slightest grievance, Brother Li said that to her just now, if she can stand it, this must be that she brought His Royal Highness King Shou here!" ”

"However, as long as you avoid this occasion, she can't find you for a while, and then I'll go to her to explain a few words to you, brother, and this matter will slowly turn around, how about you?"

Li Xi frowned when he heard this, thought for a moment, shook his head slowly, and then sat down safely, and said: "King Shou is not a man-eating tiger, besides, I, Li Xi, have a clear conscience in doing things, even if I said what I said just now, I didn't say anything wrong when I asked myself, could it be that His Royal Highness King Shou came over and directly arrested me indiscriminately?" ”

After a pause, he said disdainfully: "Besides, it's just a few words of right and wrong, my Li Xi's dignified husband, how can I be afraid of a woman!" ”

After he said this, Yang Xun was stunned, but Su Jin next to him couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard it, and couldn't help but praise it with his head and beard, "Zi said that he has a good bearing, he should do this!" ”

As soon as he said this, Yang Wei couldn't say the few words he wanted to persuade.

"That'...... That's okay, that son, brother, don't blame me for not saying hello in advance, His Royal Highness King Shou is gentle and elegant, and it's good to say, that woman...... But he's not a forgiving person! As he spoke, he saw that Li Xi looked unimpressed, and in the end, he could only complain in his heart that he would eat radish first and turn around and walk away.

After a short while, you can hear the commotion outside from inside the hall, and almost for a moment there are things like "I have seen His Royal Highness King Shou!" "His Royal Highness King Shou is safe! "I've seen Shouwang Chitose! At this time, Li Xi looked up and saw that many officials in this hall, including Su Jin and He Zhizhang and others, had already gotten up and stepped down from their seats, obviously, they were going to prepare to welcome Shouwang Li Qing.

Seeing this formation, Li Xi naturally had to step away from the table and stand on the tail of the queue of everyone in the hall.

After a while, the outside of the hall began to gradually quiet, and then Li Xi found that the adults in front of him all bowed down one by one, so he also bowed down and bowed.

"I've seen His Royal Highness King Shou, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"

At this moment, Li Xi muttered to everyone as if he was nothing, but he couldn't help but look up and look at the past.

Accompanied by Li Shizhi, who walked in the door was a beautiful young man with a face like a crown of jade, he did not wear formal court clothes, but only wore homely swallow clothes, he was young, but he also had a prince's graceful bearing.

At the first glance of him, he didn't have time to discuss his appearance in detail, but he just had such a rough feeling, Li Xi felt in a trance that the outline of his whole person's appearance, and even the rich but scattered temperament on his body, were five or six points similar to Lan'er.

Thinking about it carefully, maybe this prince is more like his mother, Concubine Wu Hui?

Turning his head and looking at the woman dressed as a man behind him, the two brothers and sisters, but they are not very similar, at most they are somewhat similar from the mouth to the chin, as for the others...... The longevity king Li Mao has a nose plasty, and the facial features of the son-in-law surnamed Li are much more delicate, with thin eyebrows, Qiong nose, slightly narrow eyes, and slightly squinted eyes When looking for someone in the crowd, there is an inexplicable arrogance, but it is a little charming.

Afraid that his eyes would collide with her, Li Xi hurriedly lowered his head.

After Yang Wei left just now, Su Jin seemed to inadvertently talk to Li Xi about King Shou's family affairs, it is said that His Royal Highness King Shou has his first brother and two sisters, and the youngest sister is titled Princess Taihua, who is only five years old this year.

As soon as he said this, he didn't need to mention it directly, Li Xi already knew that the female son surnamed Li that he had offended today was probably Princess Xianyi, Concubine Wu Hui's favorite baby daughter.

This one...... Although it is not scared, it is still a little big-headed in the end.

However, now that the matter has been done, I have no choice but to cover the water and earth with soldiers, and your princess is a ball!

When he looked down and thought about it, the gaze of Li Fu'er, the princess of Xianyi, swept over the many ministers, almost without much effort, and he had already found Li Xi among the many old men who was obviously not very compatible with the people around him, and immediately locked him, and couldn't help but be the sleeve of Li Qing, the king of Lalashou, pointing at Li Xi and glaring angrily.

At this time, although Li Qing glanced at her fingers, he still waved his hand first and said, "You don't have to be formal, please excuse me." After everyone straightened up, he smiled and said: "Today is Lord Li's family banquet, this king should not have come to disturb everyone, but the sister's surname is good poetry and fun, I heard that today Lord Li's mansion is full of elegant people, saying that there must be a poetry meeting, so he asked the king to come over to join in the fun, so as to be the first time to understand the masterpieces of the princes, no, this king will accompany her over." ”

In other words, as soon as Li Qing's words came out, Li Xi couldn't help but praise it in his heart. Thinking that people are characters from royal education, these words not only praised Li Shizhi as the master, but even the people who came to visit at this time made him bring a high hat one by one.

Turning his head to look, sure enough, after he said this, everyone was smiling.

Although everyone is a veteran of officialdom, this smile is unbelievable, especially on this kind of occasion, these people almost always have a smile on their faces, which is even more untrue. But obviously, Shouwang Li Qing's words are still very decent, with him a seventeen-year-old child, he can talk eloquently when he is so many people, and he has something to say, and he praised everyone again, which is not easy enough.

Of course, when he evaluated the other party as a "seventeen-year-old child" in his heart, Li Xi had already forgotten that in fact, he himself was only eighteen years old this year.

At this time, Li Qing pulled over Princess Li Fu'er of Xianyi beside him and said, "Hurry up and see your lords." ”

Li Fu'er glared at Li Xi for the last time at this time, and then smiled sweetly, indescribably well-behaved and cute, and then, he deliberately followed the example of a man and made a bow to everyone.

While everyone loves her free and cute, they also dare not return the courtesy.

At this time, when everyone finished seeing the ceremony, Li Shizhi insisted on inviting King Shou to the throne with a smile, no matter what, if he held a family banquet by himself, people thought that the prince would be willing to come, and it would already be a big face, so he naturally didn't dare to be disrespectful.

And Li Qing is a fixed word, in terms of seniority, Li Shizhi is the grandson of Prince Chengqian, and Emperor Xuanzong is a cousin, although it is impossible to have a title now, but his identity as a Tang clan is still recognized, so although Li Qing, the king of Shou, is a prince, he is still Li Shizhi's nephew at this banquet, so although Li Qing is called Lord Li, he will not call him uncle like he usually sees His Majesty Xuanzong's younger brother Li Longyi, the king of Sui, but still insists on not taking up the chairman.

In the end, Li Shizhi couldn't let it go, so he simply ordered someone to remove the chairman, set up a pair of chairmen in the chairman's position, and he was on the left, and invited Shouwang Li Qing to sit on the west seat of the guest seat, and Li Qing readily agreed.

By this time, the guests had already arrived, not to mention that Li Qing, the most noble person, had already arrived, so it was naturally impossible to wait any longer, so Li Shizhi ordered a banquet, and suddenly a group of maids wearing light cyan Luo skirts floated up like clouds, and the water and land were all brought up.

Li Shizhi proposed three drinks, one respects heaven and earth, two respects the ancestors and ancestors, and three respects His Majesty today, wishing His Majesty a long life.

Then, when the three drinks have been completed, then he led the head to stand up and salute the longevity king Li Qing, although Li Qing is not good at drinking, but he is still full of drinks, the banquet has just begun, so far, the first stage is a small consummation.

The rules of the Tang Dynasty, since it is a banquet, naturally cannot do without singing and dancing.

So after everyone followed Li Shizhi to respect Li Qing, there were six dancing girls floating in, and a group of musicians sat down under the seat, between the silk strings, suddenly the flying sleeves were full of eyes, the dancers danced gracefully, everyone present was intoxicated, and for a while, even the people sitting outside the hall got up and squeezed to the door to watch, and Li Qing and Li Shizhi saw it, and they were also accustomed to it, and they didn't think it was angry at all.

At this time, even Li Xi was leisurely intoxicated by the graceful dancing of several dancing girls, thinking in his heart that he was too busy when he was in Shuzhou, and he didn't even think of this stubble.

Even if there are no singing and dancing girls at home, but Wu Lan is a dancing girl, and Hua Nu is also a good singer and dancer, so he didn't let them dance for himself at that time, which was really a big loss.

If someone else builds a steel pipe...... Just the graceful figures and slender waists of the two of them, it is really a bad taste that people can't help but yearn for when they think about it.

At this time, everyone was intoxicated, Princess Xianyi pouted and stared at Li Xi who was sitting below Su Jin tightly, seeing that he looked intoxicated, and even seemed to have his eyebrows shaking, and there was a strange smile on his face, she couldn't help but snort coldly, "I have to make you look good later!" ”

(To be continued)